5,609 Free Photos of Child Labor

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One of the doffers Vivian Cotton Mills, Cherryville, N.C. Nov. 10, 1908. L. W. H. LOC cph.3a29762
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Philip Descon, 34 Charter Street. About 10 years old. Didn't know age (nor name very well). LOC nclc.04790
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Patsy, eight year old newsboy, Newark, N.J. Says he makes fifty cents a day. - Aug. 1, 1924. LOC nclc.04054
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Newsie selling in a saloon on Washington Street at 10P.M. Tony Tomasula, 11 Fly St, 9 years old. See 1200. LOC cph.3b39338
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Name- Boys of the Dumps - South Boston. Fields now being filled in for a Play Ground. Boston 1915 Exhibit. Oct. 1909. LOC cph.3c15368
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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 y(ea)rs upwards. LOC nclc.02748
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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mills. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 y(ea)rs upward. LOC nclc.02740
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All these are workers in the Sweetwater Hosiery Co., except smallest boy in the middle and he is a representative of many (even smaller) in mills of this region. LOC cph.3a46556
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A group of workers on the mill stops, Beaumont Cotton Mill, Spartanberg, S.C., 6-30 P.M. All work and others smaller. LOC nclc.02550
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Breaker boys working in Ewen Breaker. S. Pittston, Pa. - NARA - 523381
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Willie Hutchinson, a six year old newsie in Richmond, Va. Many very small newsboys sell here, some in the evening. LOC nclc.03723
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) 1-00 A.M. Sunday, Nov 24, 1912, and still selling. Stanley Steiner, the boot-black and newsboy, is ten years old, and sells until 1 A.M. Lives, 92 Ulmsbec LOC cph.3a38910
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work LOC nclc.02636
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work LOC nclc.02639
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work LOC nclc.02637
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work LOC nclc.02689
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Georgie Baldwin. According to the Family Record (which says born August 15, 1903) he has just been working nearly a year in the Merrimack Mfg. Mills. When his father read me the dates from LOC nclc.02900
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Part of the family of George Padroni, near Sterling, Colo. They have 9 children and some hired help. Only one child in school (see 4042). This is 6 yr. old Lena, who works some too. The 8 yr. old LOC nclc.00366
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11-00 A. M . Monday, May 9th, 1910. Newsies at Skeeter's Branch, Jefferson near Franklin. They were all smoking. LOC nclc.05319
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-29 Recreation. Newsboys' Protective Association, Cincinnati, Ohio. Witness, E. N. Clopper. LOC nclc.03185
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A lone newsie selling at 8 P.M. at the R. R. Station. Peter Fanella, 12 years old, 411 Catherine Street. LOC nclc.03433
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All are workers in Rome (Ga.) Hosiery Mill. The ages in this mill run from 9 and 10 y(ea)rs upwards. LOC nclc.02749
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All these work in Peerless Oyster Co. Had to get the photo while bosses were at dinner, as they refused to permit children in the photos. LOC nclc.00897
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All these, including boys in middle and left end of photo, work underground in the Bliss Colliery of the D.L.&W., near Nanticoke, Pa. LOC nclc.01125
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Allen --, Northampton, Mass., thinks he is 8 years old. Sells on the streets of Northampton until 6-30 every night. LOC nclc.03794
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-37. (See also -36 & -38.) Harry McShane. Cincinnati. See account of accident, attached to photo -36. Aug., 1908. LOC nclc.01313
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A Carolina colt living in Spartenberg (sic) Mill Settlement but unfortunately not put to work too early as the human colts are. (See 2997.) LOC nclc.02586
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3 girls working in Salvan Medicine Factory and in a Seed store. Olive near 14th St. Noon, May 12th, 1910. LOC nclc.04652
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6 A. M., June 10, 1909. Boys going to work in Warren Mfg. Co., Warren, R.I. Plenty of youngsters here. LOC cph.3b09809
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6 P.M. April 23,1909. Two of the youngest workers in Bates Mfg. Co., Lewiston, Me. Have worked there 8 years. LOC cph.3c27567
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Dickson Mill, Laurinburg, N.C. Some of 'hands.' Sunday, Dec. 6, 08. Witness, Sara R. Hine. LOC nclc.01502
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Doffer in Pacific Mill(s)- John Chow Syrian, 65 Water Street, said he was 16 years old. Illiterate. LOC nclc.01863
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Embroidering chiffon waists in crowded bed-room, East Side. (For complete details see Miss E. C. Watson's report.) LOC nclc.04278
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Group of cash boys in Holmes Department Store showing the youngest workers there and typical type of conditions in New Orleans department stores. LOC nclc.04921
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Frank Denato, 6 years old, Tom, 4 years old, and Domino, 12 years old, live in Philadelphia and padrone. Whites Bog.... - NARA - 523262
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Isidor Lipovsky, 24 Luck Street. 10 years old and been selling every day part of the time. Second year at it. LOC nclc.03975
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Italian woman carrying an enormous empty dry-goods-box for some distance along Bleeker Street, N.Y. Used for kindlings. LOC cph.3b22404
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Home of Wyatt Pruett (in doorway). His father is a prosperous farmer but the boy stays out of school to work. Will go to Pruett School. LOC nclc.00504
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Earl Carpenter. 'Don't know how old I am. Been doffing since June in the Cannon Mill.' Concord, N.C. LOC cph.3a29781
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14-year old Fred cutting dies for a new job. Embossing shop of Harry C. Taylor. 61 Court Street. LOC nclc.05616
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Nine-year-old Johnnie and the shucking-boss. He is also a padrone. For four years has brought these people from Baltimore. LOC cph.3c19790
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One of the small boys in J. S. Farrand P(ac)king Co. and a heavy load. J. W. Magruder, witness. LOC cph.3a15222
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Noon hour. Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me. More young boys and young girls. Couldn't get the latter to pose. LOC cph.3b37907
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Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there, girls carry lunch. South Bend, Ind. - NARA - 523101
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Max Schwartz, 8 years old, and Jacob Schwartz, sells until 10 P.M. sometimes. Newark, N.J. - NARA - 523244
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Mrs. Bissie and family (Polish). They all work in fields near Baltimore in summer and have worked at Biloxi, Miss. for two years. LOC nclc.05421
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Messenger who is on duty from 8 A.M. to 6 P.M. down town. May 7, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper. LOC nclc.03483
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New Haven, Conn. Smallest boy 10 years old been at it a year and half, sells until 6 or 7 P.M. LOC nclc.03289
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Mrs. J.L. Hazel and children stripping tobacco. A very interesting and poorly educated family. See special card and Kentucky report. LOC nclc.00654
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Jimmie Michael, 10 years old. Shucks six pots a day. Been at it 3 years. Varn and Platt Canning Co. LOC nclc.01009
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John Bachman, 22 Nelson Street, Ward 6. Work in drawing-in room. 14 years old. Witness R.K. Conant. LOC nclc.02220
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Johnnie Goldberg and father on a Rock Creek farm. Boy worked at Young Island, S.C. one winter. July 7, 1909. LOC nclc.00014
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Hyman, six year old newsie. Another six year old newsie said he sold until 6 P.M. LOC cph.3a53379
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King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames Hannah Mills, 603 Dwelly St. 15 years old. LOC nclc.03054
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King Philip Spinning Room. Spare Hand on spinning frames Hannah Mills, 603 Dwelly St. 15 years old. LOC nclc.03055
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Joseph Dryjowicz, 11 Joy St., (in shirt sleeves). Has been bandboy for 7 months in -8 mill. Group of workers. LOC nclc.02439
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Laura Petty, a 6 year old berry picker on Jenkins Farm. I'm just beginnin'. Licked two boxes yesterday. Gets 2... - NARA - 523206
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Arlie Fankins, Shovels in Barnesville Mine- Says he is 14 years old (doubtful)- Has a father and two brothers in the mine. LOC nclc.01081
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Arthur Fernande, said 8 years old, picking cranberries by hand, and brother Charlie said he was 9 picking with a... - NARA - 523463
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A Carolina colt living in Spartenberg (sic) Mill Settlement but unfortunately not put to work too early as the human colts are. (See 2997.) LOC nclc.02587
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A few of the young oyster shuckers at the Pass Packing Co. Pass Christian, Miss. - NARA - 523407
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7 years old newsie selling at 7th St. & Washington, Saturday P.M. May 7th, 1910. Witness E.N. Clopper. LOC nclc.03484
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Bleach-room boy-Joseph Tillotson, 17 years, 162 Hampshire Street. Pacific Mills. LOC nclc.01860
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Applicants for positions, Main office Postal Telegraph Co., N.Y., as messengers have recommendations looked up by several special investigators. LOC nclc.03703
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Stoking the furnace in the power-house. Pauls Valley Training School. The boy was very proud of his job. See 4833-4842. LOC cph.3b08799
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Richard Tevor, 8 years old. 5 years picking cranberries. Theodore Budd's Bog at Turkeytown, N.J. This is the fourth... - NARA - 523258
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Rose Vetrano, 9 yrs. old, helping her mother on corset-covers, 71 Sullivan St., 3rd floor back. LOC nclc.05483
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Tending the chicks. 16 year old girl. Home of William Olliges, Stithton, Ky. The children go to parochial school in Stithton. LOC nclc.00465
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The Swimming Hole. Group of boys - 14 to 16 years - just returned from working in tobacco at Southwick, Mass., on Galpin's farm. LOC nclc.05097
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General view of Forsythe's Bog, Turkeytown, near Pemberton, N.J. with Padrone. Sept. 29, 1910. Witness, E. F. Brown. LOC nclc.05312
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General view of the hulling station of A.J. Johnson. Seaford, Del. - NARA - 523315
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Central Public School. Only a short walk from the homes of the cannery workers, and yet only 4 children were to be found there. LOC nclc.01043
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Union Stopper Co. Plenty of small boys here. The one boy by the machine is a catching-up-boy. He seemed about 10 yeas... - NARA - 523092
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Some of the youngsters working in Pell City Cotton Mill. Mr. E.A. Thompson, Supt. of the Mill is also Mayor of Pell City. LOC nclc.01919
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Some original play houses conceived and executed by girls at the Oklahoma School for the Blind. See Ellis report. Photos were not posed. LOC nclc.05228
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Young spinners in Elk Cotton Mills. Youngest girl hardly knew her name. Youngest boy runs two sides at ten cents each... - NARA - 523348
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Salisbury, (N.C.) Cotton Mills. Hugh Dedman, 50 Hill St. Salisbury, N.C. Been doffing 2 or 3 years. LOC nclc.01524
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Noon hour, Singer Mfg. Co. Boys work there, girls carry lunch. South Bend, Ind. - NARA - 523101
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) A midnight crap game in the street near Post Office, Providence, R.I. Nov 23, 1912. One 12 years old, one 14. One had been shooting here a couple of hours LOC cph.3b11230
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For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) Midnight, Nov. 23, 1912. Providence, R.I. Newsboys shooting craps near Post Office. Been playing here at craps for an hour. Flash-light photo LOC cph.3a48752
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Teresa Lerre, cranberry picker
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked- I saw them at work LOC nclc.02633
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked- I saw them at work LOC nclc.02632
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work LOC nclc.02640
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work LOC nclc.02635
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Some samples (not all) of the children in the 'Kindergarten Factory' run by the High Point and Piedmont Hosiery Mills, High Point, N.C. Every child in these photos worked; I saw them at work LOC nclc.02690
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A row of houses of the cotton mill people. Lydia Mills, Clinton, S.C. Witness, Sara R. Hine. Dec. 2, 1908. L.W.H. LOC nclc.01477
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Breaker boys in -9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pa. Coal Co. Smallest boy is Angelo Ross, (See labels -1953 + -1951.) LOC cph.3a24720
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Bowling Alley boys. Many of these work until late at night. New Haven, Conn. - NARA - 523171
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Cocoanut Shaver -Kibbe's Factory. Isaac Futterman, 15 years, 108 Sharon St. Been working one year. Earns $3.50. LOC nclc.04598
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Charley Herring, 9 year old Helper in Ga. Hosiery Mill, Columbus Ga. Lives 219 Broad Street, Girard, Ala. LOC nclc.02824
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Carrying underwear back to the factory through squalid surroundings. East Side near Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y. LOC nclc.04191
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Edward McGurin, 14 years old. Wringing curtains at Boutwell, Fairclough & Gold, 274 Summer Street Extension. Mr. Fitzgerald, Manager. LOC nclc.05187
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Doffer in Mellville Mfg. Co., Cherryville, N.C. Said he had been working for two years. Many of them below age. LOC cph.3c00034
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Group of children in the kindergarten school composed of the cotton mill people. Even during the play the mill is ever in the background. Dallas Cotton Mill. LOC nclc.02856
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Group of doffers working in Cotton Factory posed by the Superintendent of the factory. The smallest boy told me he had worked there three years. LOC nclc.01932
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Group of mill folks. All ages. Salisbury Cotton Mills. Salisbury, N.C. - NARA - 523136
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Group of workers in Lane Cotton Mill, New Orleans, showing the youngest workers, and typical of conditions in New Orleans. Violations of the law are rare. LOC nclc.02877
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Eunice Hadwin spinner in King Mill, Augusta, Ga., earns 75 cents to $1.00 a day. Been in mill work 5 years. LOC nclc.01646
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John Megna - Italian - 16 yrs. 75 Mt. Hope Ave. Iron Worker - Sweeper. Carving class at King Philip Settlement. LOC cph.3b33403
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